Campus Review: New website not quite the face universities want to show
By Susan Woodward, for Campus Review
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Gillies defends London Met course cuts
The vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University has defended his decision to cut the number of courses at his institution by two-thirds, and set out lessons for other universities that embark...
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Gove asks for universities to determine A levels
Russell Group universities should determine the content of A-level examinations, the education secretary Michael Gove has told exam regulator Ofqual.
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US outperforms UK on social media strategy
Universities in the US are better at using social media than their UK counterparts, a report has found.
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Inside Higher Ed: Invest in What You Know
By Kevin Kiley, for Inside Higher Ed
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Geographer to show Loughborough the way
Loughborough University has appointed Robert Allison, geographer and head of research at the University of Sussex, as its new vice-chancellor.
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Pasty is another country
Controversial plans to force Russell Group universities to show they are “in touch with ordinary Brits” have been condemned by academics.
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Cancer Research UK to join forces with venture capitalist
The charity Cancer Research UK has teamed up with a venture capital organisation to launch a £50 million investment fund aimed at boosting the translation of its discoveries into new cancer...
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Unions attack Ucea pay offer
Union leaders have condemned a 0.5 per cent pay offer by universities.
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Pledge from universities on additional course costs
Universities will work to give students “clear and accurate” information about the additional costs of courses following an agreement between the National Union of Students and bodies representing UK...
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The ‘damaging culture of league tables’
A damning report on the “damaging culture of league tables” in the UK was this week launched by the British Academy. So it may come as a surprise that as editor of the most influential and widely...
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Glyndŵr loses out after setting fees low
Glyndŵr University claims that it has been “disadvantaged” for “following government policy” after funding allocations for Welsh universities indicated that it could suffer a 20.3 per cent drop in...
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Elite fare badly in latest Hesa statistics on widening access
Almost all Russell Group universities have failed to reach independently set levels for admitting pupils from state schools and poorer backgrounds, new figures show.
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Institutional strategy should never be driven by rankings
University leaders from all over Kazakhstan gathered in Almaty last week for an intensive two-day workshop, titled “Experience of Kazakhstan Universities in the Times Higher Education World...
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The spaces between
A fleeting glimpse of a renowned soprano ignited Peter Crisp's lifelong love of song cycles and lieder...but left him pining for an overture